<h2>August 1997 JUG Meeting </h2>



<div align="center"><center>







<table border="3" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="4">



    <tr>



        <td bgcolor="#6699FF"><h3 align="center" class="mpresents">Triangle Java Users Group Presents: </h3>



        <p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><STRONG class="mtitle"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Bridging the



        Gap to Corporate Data<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></STRONG><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --><br>



        by <!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><SPAN class="mpresenter"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Andrew Wilson<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></SPAN><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --><br>



        of <!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --><SPAN class="mcompany"><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan -->Blue Lobster Software<!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" StartSpan --></SPAN><!--webbot BOT="HTMLMarkup" endspan --></p>



        <p align="center" class="mdate">Monday, August 18, 1997 <br>



        6:30 PM - 9:00 PM</p>



        <p align="center" class="mlocation">LOCATION: MCNC



        Auditorium <br>



        3021 Cornwallis Road <br>



        Research Triangle Park, North Carolina</p>



        <p align="center" class="mphone">919.248.1800</p>



        </td>



    </tr>



</table>



</center></div>







<hr no shade>







<p><strong>Blue Lobster Software</strong> develops leading edge,



truly open technology that enables effective and efficient ways



for gaining easy access to mainframe-housed corporate data and



applications utilizing the power of Java and the Web. </p>







<p>The company is currently shipping their Stingray 3270 SDK<sup>TM</sup>,



and Hammerhead ECI SDK<sup>TM</sup>, which utilize the latest in



object-oriented programming technology to help the corporate



enterprise build cost-effective and lasting bridges to the



mainframe. Stingray is designed to create Java based applets and



applications that can communicate with any mainframe application



through 3270 terminal emulation; Hammerhead delivers a set of



Java classes and tools which enable the developer to fully access



the CICS Client across all platforms. Mako. which will be



released within the next 4 weeks allows your Java Applet to



transparently access CICS through CORBA. </p>







<hr noshade>







<h3>AGENDA: </h3>







<p><b>6:30 - Meet, talk, snacks </b></p>







<p><b>7:00 Presentation </b></p>







<dir>



    <li>Current I/T challenges</li>



    <li>Extending the Mainframe to the Web</li>



    <li>CORBA's Role</li>



    <li>Blue Lobster Software&#146;s solution</li>



</dir>







<hr noshade>







<p><strong>Andrew Wilson</strong> is Blue Lobster Software&#146;s



Chief Architect. Prior to his founding of Blue Lobster with Mike



Hickman, VP of Technology and Tom Robinson, President and CEO,



Andrew was the lead architect for IBM in Hursley, England on the



CICS Internet Gateway and the CICS Gateway for Java. Andrew and



Joe Marchese, Director of Strategic Alliances will discuss the



market requirements, leveraging current mainframe investments,



product architecture and design points and finally a



demonstration of the Mako product. Blue Lobster can be found on



the World Wide Web at <a href="http://www.bluelobster.com/">http://www.bluelobster.com</a>.</p>







<h3>DIRECTIONS to MCNC: </h3>







<p><b>From Raleigh: </b><br>



Take I-40 West toward Durham and Chapel Hill. You will enter RTP.



Where I-40 splits, bear right onto the Durham Freeway North



(Highway 147). Take the Cornwallis Road Exit. At the end of the



exit ramp, bear right - cross back over the Freeway. MCNC is



located approximately 3/4 mile on the right. </p>







<p><b>From Durham: </b><br>



Get on the Durham Freeway South (Highway 147). Take the



Cornwallis Road exit. At the end of the ramp, bear right - MCNC



is approximately 3/4 mile on right. </p>







<p>For a map with directions, visit the <a href="http://trijug.org/mcnc/?/gotomcnc.html">MCNC web site</a>. </p>







<p>If anyone has questions, please contact <a href="mailto:kelly@interpath.com">Dan Smith</a> at (919)



460-3120. </p>











